Ep. 262: Why Did G-d Create Poor People?

Published: May 27, 2019, 6:05 p.m.

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Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.

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\\u2022 Chassidus Applied to Bechukosei and Blessing the Month of Sivan 0:43

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\\u2022 Is Rabbi Akiva\\u2019s 24,000 students a rounded or an actual number? 12:00

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\\u2022 Who authored the Zohar and what are its origins? 16:42

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\\u2022 Why did G-d create poor people? 27:47

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\\u2022 How can I deal with conflicting feelings about Yiddishkeit and Chabad \\u2013 I feel at times that I am living a double life? 38:03

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\\u2022 Should non-Jewish spouses be welcomed in synagogues? 42:33

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\\u2022 Does a tinok she\\u2019nishba have free will? 47:27

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\\u2022 What is the legal and theological perspective on comatose states and on brain death? 49:40

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\\u2022 Anti-Semitism \\u2013 follow-up 55:45

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\\u2022 Chassidus question: Who repairs the \\u201cshattered\\u201d containers of Tohu \\u2013 G-d or us? 58:05

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\\u2022 My Life 2019 essay contest winners:

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   o \\u05de\\u05d9 \\u05e9\\u05dd \\u05e4\\u05d4 \\u05dc\\u05d0\\u05d3\\u05dd, Menachem Mendel Amiti, 24, Jerusalem, Israel 1:07:09

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